Why You Miss Opportunities Hiding In Plain Sight
Published 2025-10-15 18-23
Summary
Ever notice how when you want something, you suddenly see it everywhere? Your brain has a filter system deciding what you notice. Most people never learn to control it, missing opportunities right in front of them.
The story
You know that feeling when you decide you want a red car, and suddenly red cars are everywhere?
They were always there. Your brain just wasn’t paying attention.
Your subconscious processes way more information than your conscious mind can handle. Sitting between them is something called the Reticular Activating System – your brain’s bouncer, deciding what gets into your awareness and what doesn’t.
Most people walk through life with their RAS tuned to the wrong frequency. They miss opportunities, connections, and possibilities right in front of them because their mental filter isn’t looking for those things.
But here’s what changes everything: you can reprogram that filter.
When you visualize something with emotion and belief – not just daydreaming, but really feeling it – you’re installing new search criteria in your brain. You’re telling your RAS what to look for. Suddenly, the people, resources, and opportunities that were invisible before start appearing everywhere.
This isn’t magic. It’s neuroscience meeting intention.
The problem is most of us never take control of this system. We let society, our past, or other people’s expectations program our filters for us. We see what we’ve been conditioned to see, not what’s actually possible.
The solution? Get intentional. Use visualization to train your brain to notice what matters to you. Create your own criteria for what’s important. Stop copying everyone else and trust your own path.
Your subconscious is already working overtime. The question is: are you directing it, or is it just running on autopilot?
I dive deep
This post was inspired by Chapter 6 of my “The Journey – I wish I knew this before I was 21” book, at
https://attilahorvath.net/the-journey.
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Keywords: VisualizationTechniques, selective attention, cognitive bias, opportunity recognition
